''Lobophytum'' is a

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of soft corals commonly known as devil's hand corals or devil's hand leather corals.

Habitat and range

''Lobophytum'' species can be found in shallow water throughout a wide area of the tropical

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Species

*'' Lobophytum altum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum anomolum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum batarum'' Moser, 1919 *'' Lobophytum borbonicum'' von Marenzeller, 1886 *'' Lobophytum caputospiculatum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum catalai'' Tixier-Durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum compactum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum crassodigitum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum crassospiculatum'' (Moser, 1919) *'' Lobophytum crassum'' von Marenzeller, 1886 *'' Lobophytum crebliplicatum'' von Marenzeller, 1886 *'' Lobophytum cristagalli'' von Marenzeller, 1886 *'' Lobophytum cristatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum cryptocormum'' Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979 *'' Lobophytum delectum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1966 *'' Lobophytum densum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum denticulatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum depressum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1966 *'' Lobophytum durum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum gazellae'' Moser, 1919 *'' Lobophytum hapalolobatum'' Verseveldt, 1983 *'' Lobophytum hirsutum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 * lobophytum hsiehi Benayahu & Ofwegen, 2011 *'' Lobophytum ignotum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum irregulare'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum jaeckeli'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum jasparsi'' van Ofwegen, 1999 *'' Lobophytum laevigatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum lamarcki'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum latilobatum'' Verseveldt, 1971 *'' Lobophytum legitimum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum lighti'' Moser, 1919 *'' Lobophytum longispiculatum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum meandriforme'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum michaelae'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum microlobulatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum microspiculatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum mirabile'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum mortoni'' Benayahu & van Ofwegen, 2009 *'' Lobophytum oligoverrucum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum patulum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1956 *'' Lobophytum pauciflorum'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *'' Lobophytum planum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum proprium'' (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) *'' Lobophytum prostratum'' Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983 *'' Lobophytum pusillum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum pygmapedium'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum ransoni'' Tixier-Durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum rigidum'' Benayahu, 1995 *'' Lobophytum rotundum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum salvati'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum sarcophytoides'' Moser, 1919 *'' Lobophytum schoedei'' Moser, 1919 *'' Lobophytum solidum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum spicodigitum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum strictum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum tecticum'' Alderslade & Shirwaiker, 1991 *'' Lobophytum variatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum varium'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 *'' Lobophytum venustum'' Tixier-durivault, 1957 *'' Lobophytum verrucosum'' Li, 1984 *'' Lobophytum verum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970

References

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